The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.

John Lyly
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  3. But to live in ignorance on such a point was impossible. - Jane Austen

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  2. The bee that hath honey in her mouth hath a sting in her tail.

  3. There can no great smoke arise but there must be some fire.

  4. The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.

  5. It is a blind goose that cometh to the fox's sermon.

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